diff --git a/tests/scripts/ci-precompiled-helpers.sh b/tests/scripts/ci-precompiled-helpers.sh
index 4bbae793..9f22d829 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/ci-precompiled-helpers.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/ci-precompiled-helpers.sh
@@ -13,18 +13,18 @@ get_kernel_versions_to_test() {
     for kernel_flavor in "${KERNEL_FLAVORS[@]}"; do
         for DRIVER_BRANCH in "${DRIVER_BRANCHES[@]}"; do
             source ./tests/scripts/findkernelversion.sh "$BASE_TARGET" "${kernel_flavor}" "$DRIVER_BRANCH" "$DIST" >&2
-            echo -e "SHIVA1 == $KERNEL_VERSION"
+            # echo -e "SHIVA1 == $KERNEL_VERSION"
             if [[ "$should_continue" == true ]]; then
                 break
             fi
         done
         if [[ "$should_continue" == true ]]; then
-            echo -e "SHIVA3 == $KERNEL_VERSION"
+            # echo -e "SHIVA3 == $KERNEL_VERSION"
             KERNEL_VERSION=$(echo "$KERNEL_VERSION" | tr -d ' \n')
-            echo -e "SHIVA4 == $KERNEL_VERSION"
+            # echo -e "SHIVA4 == $KERNEL_VERSION"
             kernel_versions+=("$KERNEL_VERSION")
         fi
     done
-    echo -e "SHIVA5 == ${kernel_versions[@]}"
+    # echo -e "SHIVA5 == ${kernel_versions[@]}"
     echo "${kernel_versions[@]}"
 }
diff --git a/tests/scripts/findkernelversion.sh b/tests/scripts/findkernelversion.sh
index 4b0cbed5..0a24161e 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/findkernelversion.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/findkernelversion.sh
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ else
             rm -f $artifact.tar
             export $(grep -oP 'KERNEL_VERSION=[^ ]+' ./kernel_version.txt)
             rm -f kernel_version.txt
-            export should_continue=true
-            echo "SHIVA == $KERNEL_VERSION"
+            # export should_continue=true
+            # echo "SHIVA == $KERNEL_VERSION"
             break
         fi
     done
     # no need to check further for 1st release
-    exit 0
+    # exit 0
 fi
 
 # calculate driver tag